Comments on: Kayak Kayak Canoe by Geoff Christou and Nick Savage http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/01/kayak-kayak-canoe-by-geoff-christou-and-nick-savage/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: iain http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/01/kayak-kayak-canoe-by-geoff-christou-and-nick-savage/comment-page-1/#comment-374063 iain Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:20:25 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=62843#comment-374063 this is a great bit of design, simple and does what it needs to without fussing about or making it into some huge dramatized hep of a structure, and it is made out of recycled materials which makes it even better. love it. this is a great bit of design, simple and does what it needs to without fussing about or making it into some huge dramatized hep of a structure, and it is made out of recycled materials which makes it even better.

love it.

]]> By: angry catalan http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/01/kayak-kayak-canoe-by-geoff-christou-and-nick-savage/comment-page-1/#comment-369176 angry catalan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:04:11 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=62843#comment-369176 However leaking is not an issue here and the surface is small enough to consider rain loads irrelevant. Plus the roof is not steep enough to avoid snow loads, which I'd worry about, given this is in Canada and the structural system is rather shaky. However leaking is not an issue here and the surface is small enough to consider rain loads irrelevant. Plus the roof is not steep enough to avoid snow loads, which I’d worry about, given this is in Canada and the structural system is rather shaky.

]]> By: tluke http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/01/kayak-kayak-canoe-by-geoff-christou-and-nick-savage/comment-page-1/#comment-368822 tluke Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:41:28 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=62843#comment-368822 the advantage of non-horizontal roofs is that rain runs off them, due to the wonder of gravity. the advantage of non-horizontal roofs is that rain runs off them, due to the wonder of gravity.

]]> By: angry catalan http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/01/kayak-kayak-canoe-by-geoff-christou-and-nick-savage/comment-page-1/#comment-368554 angry catalan Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:08:09 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=62843#comment-368554 Also I'm guessing this is not on a windy area? Because this looks like it'll have huge problems with horizontal loads. Also I’m guessing this is not on a windy area? Because this looks like it’ll have huge problems with horizontal loads.

]]> By: angry catalan http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/01/kayak-kayak-canoe-by-geoff-christou-and-nick-savage/comment-page-1/#comment-368553 angry catalan Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:04:24 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=62843#comment-368553 I think it's kind of weird that the intention was to do something cheap and quick you could build using recycled materials but they chose a structural solution which involves a huge cantilever and cables. It's still pretty cheap and light, though, but it's a strange design choice. I think it’s kind of weird that the intention was to do something cheap and quick you could build using recycled materials but they chose a structural solution which involves a huge cantilever and cables. It’s still pretty cheap and light, though, but it’s a strange design choice.

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